Category: San Diego

Woman Sentenced to 30 Years to Life for South Bay Murder

SAN DIEGO—A woman who pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder charges for her part in a 2018 South Bay crime spree that left one man dead and a woman paralyzed after she was shot multiple times was sentenced Dec. 8 to 30 years to life in state prison. Britney Canal, 34, was sentenced Thursday…


5 Arrested During San Diego County Anti-Human Trafficking Operation

SAN DIEGO—Five people were arrested during a countywide law enforcement operation aimed at capturing human traffickers, it was announced Dec. 8. Operation Home for the Holidays was conducted over three days this week in San Diego, National City, and Santee by the multi-agency San Diego Human Trafficking Task Force. In an effort to identify traffickers…


San Diego Travel Agent Charged With Embezzling Funds for Canceled School Trips

SAN DIEGO—A San Diego-based travel agent has been charged with embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars paid by more than 150 parents for school trips that were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Marie Colette Martin, 52, is accused of spending the funds on personal expenses rather than refunding them to parents after the trips…


San Diego Mayor Signs Executive Order Cracking Down On Fentanyl

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria signed an executive order Nov. 29 to increase public awareness of the dangers of fentanyl and to strengthen law enforcement’s ability to prevent the sale and use of the drug in the city. According to officials, deaths from an accidental fentanyl overdoses—a synthetic opioid that is 50 times more potent…


One Person Dies When Vehicle Goes Off San Diego Road, Catches Fire

LAKESIDE, Calif.—A person died Dec. 4 when a vehicle caught fire after going off of Wildcat Canyon Road. The crash happened at 4:29 p.m. Sunday at 12071 Wildcat Canyon Road near the Barona Resort and Casino, the California Highway Patrol reported. There were multiple people who got out of the vehicle when it caught fire,…


2 Poway Men Sentenced to Prison for Firefighter’s Fatal Fentanyl Overdose

SAN DIEGO—Two Poway residents were sentenced to federal prison terms Dec. 2 for supplying the fentanyl that led to a local firefighter’s fatal overdose. Justin Gale Mata, 41, and Everett Justin Curtis, 48, pleaded guilty to providing the drugs that killed Brian M. Parrish, a firefighter with Cal Fire in San Diego County. Mata received…


La Mesa Company, Owners Pleads Guilty to Selling Fake Virus Cleaner

SAN DIEGO—A La Mesa-based sanitation company and its owners pleaded guilty Dec. 1 to federal charges for selling a product with false claims that it could eradicate viruses, including the one that causes COVID-19. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Integral Hygienic Solutions, Inc.—doing business as TruClean—claimed its TruClean 365 product could eliminate the virus…


Antifa Defendants Arrested in Attack on Trump Supporters Take Plea Deals

Six of 11 alleged assailants connected with Antifa, a far-left extremist group, have taken plea deals and pled guilty to charges related to violent attacks on supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump at a “Patriot March” in San Diego shortly after the 2020 election. Five defendants pled guilty on Nov. 18, just over a week…


Antifa Defendants Arrested in Attack on Trump Supporters Take Plea Deals After First Sentenced

Six of 11 alleged assailants connected with Antifa, a far-left extremist group, have taken plea deals and pled guilty to charges related to violent attacks against supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump at a “Patriot March” in San Diego shortly after the 2020 election. Five pled guilty on Nov. 18, just over a week after…


California Iranians Join 4-Day Hunger Strike in San Diego

Eight Iranians took part in a four-day hunger strike beginning on Thanksgiving Day outside of the United Nations building in San Diego, rallying against the Iranian government’s recent imprisonment and killings of protestors. The activists camped in tents in Balboa Park’s global village and only drank water, tea, and Gatorade. The hunger strike was one…